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Labor is just labora- latin for work.

As in Russian (and I guess in Ukrainian).

In Ukrainian: work - робота, labour - праця.

in french too

Yea, but power is Kraft.

German "Kraft"[0] as physical term means "force" in English, while "power" translates as "Leistung"[1].

He is probably thinking in sense of “Atomkraft”

Honestly they get mixed up just like in English.

Kraftwerk for power plant, Kraftstoff for fuel. But then you have elektrische Leistung for electrical power.

And English.

clarification: those words are 100% exact synonyms. (Native speaker, of American at least.)

In Italian too (lavoro)

And in English.